Hook and eye.



G. S. LIGHTENSTBIN.

HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATION FILED BEPT.21, 1908.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

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HOOK AND EYE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

Application filed September 21, 1908. Serial No. 453,906.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. LIGHTEN- STEIN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Few York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hookand Eye, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to hooks and eyes, my more particular purpose beingto improve the construction of both the hook and the eye for the purposeof improving the locking connection therebetween, so as to render thehook'and the eye rigid relatively to each other when in position upon agarment.

' when a hook and eye are placed upon different portions of a garmentand locked together, these different portions of the garment thussecured together have considerable movement relatively to each other;that is to say, the hook has too much play relatively to the eye, andvice versa. The result is that the garment becomes misshapen for thereason that the parts secured by aid of the hook and eye have too muchfreedom of movement.

in my construction I seek to so shape the hook that when used withalmostany form of eye, it will be rigid in relation to the same whenconnected therewith for securing different portions of the garmenttogether; also to improve the construction of the eye so that when usedwith hooks of various kinds the same rigidity will be retained.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved hook and improved eye connectedtogether, the figure representing a so-called back view of the device;that is, the bill of the hook being turned in the same direction thatthe observer is looking; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through thedevice, upon the line 22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrow; Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1;that is, a view showing the improved hook and the improved eye as theywould appear to an observer when the parts are in such position that thebill of the hook is on the side next the observer; Fig. 4 is a sectionupon the line a at of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow;Fig. 5 is a perspective of my improved eye, lying in such a positionthat the bill turns upwardly; Fig. 6 is a perspective of my improvedeye, occupying such position that the bill project-s downwardly; Fig. '7is a plan view showing my improved hook as connected with a so-calledinvisible eye; Fig. 8 is a perspective of the invisible eye, occupyingsuch position that the bill of the eye projects upwardly; Fig. 9 is aperspective of the invisible eye but showing it as turned over so thatthe bill projects downwardly; and Fig. 10 is a side elevation of myimproved eye, of the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and d.

The eye shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10, is of the general typeknown as a visible eye; that is, an eye the body portion of which is notwell adapted to be concealed in securing the eye upon a garment. Thiseye comprises a body portion 11 provided with rings 12 for securing itin position. The body portion 11 is further provided with a hookedportion 13, which I desi nate as the bill, this portion being bentbackwardly in relation to the body portion 11. The bill 13 is bentslightly inward, as will be understood from Fig. 10; that is to say, thegeneral plane of the extremity of the bill crosses the general plane ofthe body portion 11. The hook comprises a body portion 1a provided witha bill 15, of substantially U-shapcd form, and with a tongue 16, thistongue having a concave portion 17 and a convex portion 18 immediatelyadjacent thereto and terminating at 19 in a facet, the convex portion 18being so formed that the facet l9 occupies a plane substantiallycoinciding in direction with the general plane of the bill 13. The bodyportion 14 of the hook is further provided with a ring 20 and with aloop 21, this ring and loop serving as means for securing the hook' uponthe garment. The invisible eye, shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, comprises abody portion 22 provided with rings 23 for securing it in position, andis further provided with a bill 24, the latter being of substantiallyU-shape.

The operation of my device is as follows: Suppose it be desired, asindicated in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, to connect together my improvedhook and invisible eye, the bill 15 is extended into and through theeye, as in connecting any other hook and eye, and the tongue 16 springsinto suehposition that its tip bearing the facet 19 does not permit theready removal of the bill of the eye from the-hook. At the moment whenthis occurs, the bill 13 and the body portion 11 ofthe eye lodgedirectly against the adjacent portions of the bill 15 and the bodyportion 14 of the hook, as will be understood from Fig. 8, so as toprevent further travel of the hook and eye in the opposite direction. hehook and the eye are thus effectively locked together. They cannotseparate by pulling them apart nor can they be released too easily bypushing them together from their opposite ends. \Vhen this occurs theloose or free end of the tongue 16 immediately adjacent to the convexportion 18 is, by virtue of its own spring tendency, held within thebill 13 with some little degree of firmness. This prevents any rockingor springing movement of the hook and eye relatively to each other. Itwill thus be seen that the hook and eye can have, under ordinaryconditions, no appreciable movement of any kind relatively to eachother. They are quite rigid in relation to each other, and therefore theparts of the garment upon which they are secured have but little chancefor displacement.

lVith the invisible eye shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, the action issubstantially the same as that above described. It is truethat in theinvisible eye the rings 23 are wider apart than the rings 12 in thevisible hook, but the locking action is substantially the same.

In'the visible eye, the body portion is of substantially heartshape, soas to facilitate the fastening of the eye at several distinct pointsupon the goods. This is desirable in order to prevent the eye fromrocking, twisting, or otherwise moving 'u'pongthe goods. The heart shapealso lessens the difficulty of inserting the hook within the eye, byallowing greater room for the length of the bill' of the hook. V g cHaving thus described my invention,-I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent: 7 7 a 1. An eye-comprising a body portion, and a billintegral therewith, said body'portion' having two members spaced apartand said bill being bent backwardly and toward said body portion so thatthe end of said bill will lie intermediate the members of said bodyportion and intersect the planethereof, and a hook provided witha billand with a por tion for engaging the bill'of said eye.

2. The combination of an eye,'and a hook separate from said'eye andprovided with a bill, said hook being further provided with a l I alimiting stop for preventing travel of said tongue having a concaveportion serving as bill in one direction relatively to said eye,

said hook also having a tip extending into close proximity to aportion'of said eye for preventing the travel of said bill in the oppo-'site direction relatively to said eye.

3. The combination of ahook provided with a substantially U-shaped'bill,and further provided with a tongue, said tongue having a portion benttoward said bill, and an eye separate from said hook and provided with abill for receiving said tongue.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnessesi 7 CHARLES S. LICI-IIENSTEIN.

lVitnesses VVAL'roN HARRISON, JOHN P. Dav s.

